Thomas Audley Biography and Timeline

Birth of Thomas Audley

Birth of Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden

Birth of Thomas Audley

Thomas Audley is born and later serves Henry VIII as Speaker, Lord Keeper and Lord Chancellor during the break with Rome.

Election

Passes the Attainders through Parliament, first instigated by Catherine Howard

Groom

Appointed Groom of the Chamber, and became a member of Wolseys household

Audley Chosen Speaker of Reformation Parliament

Thomas Audley becomes Speaker as the Commons begins the long Parliament that will enact Henry VIII's break with Rome.

Role range: 1529-1533

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Act of Supremacy

Conveys the King's "moral" scruples to Parliament concerning his marriage with Catherine, and makes himself the instrument of the King in the attack upon the clergy and the preparation of the Act of Supremacy

Black Parliament

Speaker of the House of Commons in the "Black Parliament"

Legislation

Conveys the King's "moral" scruples to Parliament concerning his marriage with Catherine, and makes himself the instrument of the King in the attack upon the clergy and the preparation of the Act of Supremacy

Parliament

Speaker of the House of Commons in the "Black Parliament". Presides over the Reformation Parliament, which abolishes the papal jurisdiction. Conveys the King's "moral" scruples to Parliament concerning his marriage with Catherine, and makes himself the instrument of the King in the attack upon the clergy and the preparation of the Act of Supremacy

Reformation Parliament

Presides over the Reformation Parliament, which abolishes the papal jurisdiction

Reformation, The

Presides over the Reformation Parliament, which abolishes the papal jurisdiction

Speaker of House of Commons

Appointed Speaker of the House of Commons

Serjeant

Apppointed Serjeant-at-law and King's Serjeant

Lord Keeper

Succeeds Sir Thomas More as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal

Lord Chancellor

Appointed Lord Chancellor

Role range: 1533-1544

Divorce

Supports the divorce of Henry from Catherine & presides over the trial of Thomas Moore

Role range: 1533-1544

Trial

Supports the King's divorce from Catherine and the marriage with Anne Boleyn and presideds at the trial of Fisher and More

Role range: 1533-1544

Act of Succession

Audley is a witness to the Queens execution, and recommends to Parliament the new Act of Succession, which made Jane Seymours issue legitimate

Role range: 1533-1544

Execution

Audley is a witness to the Queens execution, and recommends to Parliament the new Act of Succession, which made Jane Seymours issue legitimate

Role range: 1533-1544

Legislation

Audley is a witness to the Queens execution, and recommends to Parliament the new Act of Succession, which made Jane Seymours issue legitimate

Role range: 1533-1544

Succession

Declares the King's daughter Princess Elizabeth a bastard. Audley is a witness to the Queens execution, and recommends to Parliament the new Act of Succession, which made Jane Seymours issue legitimate

Role range: 1533-1544

Trial

Presides over the trial of Anne Boleyn

Role range: 1533-1544

Pilgrimage of Grace

Condemns to death as traitors the rebels of the Pilgrimage of Grace

Role range: 1533-1544

Trial

Condemns to death as traitors the rebels of the Pilgrimage of Grace

Role range: 1533-1544

Trial

Presides as Lord Steward at the trials of Henry Pole, Lord Montacute, and of the Marquess of Exeter

Role range: 1533-1544

Legislation

Makes himself the King's instrument in enforcing religious conformity and in the passing of the Six Articles Act

Role range: 1533-1544

Six Articles Act

Makes himself the King's instrument in enforcing religious conformity and in the passing of the Six Articles Act

Role range: 1533-1544

Knight of the Garter

Created Knight of the Garter

Role range: 1533-1544

Marriage

Passes the dissolution of Henrys marriage to Anne of Cleves through Parliament. Manages the attainder of Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, and the dissolution of Henrys marriage with Anne of Cleves

Role range: 1533-1544

Parliament

Instigated by Thomas Cromwell

Role range: 1533-1544

Trial

Manages the attainder of Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, and the dissolution of Henrys marriage with Anne of Cleves

Role range: 1533-1544

Magdalene College Refounded

Refounds Buckingham College as the College of St Mary Magdalene at Cambridge.

Role range: 1533-1544

Reform of Parliament

Passes the Attainders through Parliament, first instigated by Catherine Howard

Role range: 1533-1544

Resignation of Thomas Audley

Resigns the Great Seal

Role range: 1533-1544

Death of Thomas Audley

Death of Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden

Burial

Buried at Saffron Walden